Tex. Health and Safety Code § 65.051
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 65.051, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 65.051. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall develop and design a prescription drug savings program that partners with a pharmacy benefit manager to offer prescription drugs at a discounted rate to uninsured individuals.
(b) In developing and implementing the program, the commission shall ensure the program benefits do not include prescription drugs used for the elective termination of a pregnancy.
(c) The executive commissioner shall ensure the program is designed to provide the greatest possible value to uninsured individuals served by the program, while considering the adequacy of the prescription drug formulary, net costs of the drugs to enrollees, cost to the state, and other important factors determined by the commission.
(b) In developing and implementing the program, the commission shall ensure the program benefits do not include prescription drugs used for the elective termination of a pregnancy.
(c) The executive commissioner shall ensure the program is designed to provide the greatest possible value to uninsured individuals served by the program, while considering the adequacy of the prescription drug formulary, net costs of the drugs to enrollees, cost to the state, and other important factors determined by the commission.
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